Sophia Loren is an Italian actress who lights up American and Italian films. She is an Oscar-winning actress who surely deserved her win. Here are the top 10 Sophia Loren roles.
Too Bad She’s Bad (1954)
Too Bad She’s Bad is an Italian film about a taxi driver (Marcello Mastroianni) who falls for a beautiful woman (Sophia Loren). Too bad she is trying to con him out of money and his taxi! Don’t worry, he figures it out eventually.
More Than a Miracle (1967)
More Than a Miracle is about a prince (Omar Sharif) who everyone wants to get married, yet he isn’t interested. He finds himself with a peasant woman (Sophia Loren) and instantly feels an attraction. She is not that easy to win over though. Will the prince convince his true love?
Lady L (1965)
Lady L is about Lady Lendale (Sophia Loren) who tells her story to her biographer. Her story includes working at a brothel, meeting a thief and anarchist (Paul Newman), and marrying a Lord (David Niven). But beware, part of Lady L’s story isn’t exactly what it seems to be.
Houseboat (1958)
Houseboat is about a widower (Cary Grant) who moves his kids from Washington D.C. to the country. He also brings along his maid (Sophia Loren). When the house they are supposed to live in gets destroyed, they end up having to live on a dirty, old houseboat. A lot of shenanigans occur on this small boat, that’s for sure!
The Life Ahead (2020)
The Life Ahead is about a Holocaust survivor (Sophia Loren) who takes in children to watch while their mothers are working. She is robbed by a kid (Ibrahima Gueye) who then becomes one of the children she ends up watching. She becomes sick and he takes care of her the best he can.
Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow (1963)
Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow has three stories of three different women (Sophia Loren) and the three men they attract (Marcello Mastroianni). Each story is very different from each other and the one thing they have in common is that they all take place in Italy. The stories are unique and Loren shines in each one of them.
A Special Day (1977)
A Special Day is about a man who is being persecuted (Marcello Mastroianni) and a woman who is a bored housewife (Sophia Loren) who stays home during the day that Hitler comes to visit Italy in 1938. The two have their own problems but they come together and start becoming friendly with each other. They have ups and downs during this one day and it doesn’t end the way either of them wants it to.
Sunflower (1970)
Sunflower is the story of an Italian woman (Sophia Loren) who conducts a desperate search for her husband (Marcello Mastroianni) who was missing in action in Russia during World War II. She searches far and wide to find him, even bringing his photograph to Russia to see if anyone has seen him. What she finds out breaks her heart.
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Man of La Mancha (1972)
Man of La Mancha is about a man (Peter O’Toole) who is a little bit crazy and thinks windmills are giants that he must fight. He also meets a prostitute but sees her as a noblewoman, who he must protect. His story is being told by an inmate about to go forth in front of the Spanish Inquisition.
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Two Women (1960)
Two Women is the story of a woman (Sophia Loren) and her daughter (Eleonora Brown) who try to escape the horrors of World War II in Italy. They do their best and meet some great people along the way, but they also have heartbreaks and see some of the terrors of war even though they try to run from it.
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